VX MACHINA
Robotics · client work
Two-robot welding cell
The whole cell built in ABB RobotStudio: layout, positioners, robot programming and cycle time.
Offer C · Bespoke · VX Machina
Integration Engineering Support
Robot-side engineering, embedded in your project
Senior robot-side engineering inside your integration project — without adding headcount. A bespoke engagement for integrators and manufacturers mid-project. VX Machina is a specialist engineering contractor for the robot-side scope, not the overall integrator. It usually starts with a Robot Cell Review or a scoping workshop.
01 / WHO
Who it’s for
- Integrators who need robot-engineering capacity for a defined period
- Manufacturers implementing or modifying a robot cell with a principal integrator in place
- Project teams protecting critical robot-side milestones
02 / INCLUDED
What’s included
Each contract names the modules included.
- 01 · Engineering review and documentation — layouts, specifications, sequences, robot interfaces
- 02 · Simulation and offline programming — ABB RobotStudio, KUKA.Sim, Robotmaster
- 03 · Robot programming and robot–line I/O — KUKA KRL, ABB RAPID (robot side only; no PLC / HMI)
- 04 · Safety-concept support — risk-assessment input, guarding, scanners, interlocks, safety zones; support to the party responsible for conformity, never sign-off
- 05 · Site commissioning support — defined site days for robot-side touch-up, cycle-time analysis and operator handover, under your site safety arrangements
- 06 · Technical handover — as-built programs, change log, operator notes
03 / DELIVERABLES
What you receive
- The robot-side outputs of each contracted module: documentation, station files and offline programs, robot programs and robot–line I/O, safety-concept input
- Site-day records for robot-side touch-up and cycle-time analysis, when module 05 is contracted
- Technical handover: as-built programs, change log, operator notes
04 / PROCESS
How it runs
- Start with a Robot Cell Review or a scoping workshop
- Responsibility matrix: you or your integrator remain contractor of record — overall design, PLC / HMI, procurement, machinery conformity and the CE / UKCA declaration
- Proposal only once drawings, interfaces, schedule, site constraints and capacity are clear
- Agreed before signature: signed SoW, milestones, acceptance criteria and review deadlines; change control and additional-work rates; RC Pro (professional liability) insurance covering on-site work; site safety induction / prevention plan; travel; software, IP and licence terms; dates blocked
05 / TIMELINE
How long it takes
- Entry: a Robot Cell Review (typically 5–10 working days) or a scoping workshop
- Proposal: once drawings, interfaces, schedule and site constraints are clear
- Delivery: per project — milestones, review deadlines and blocked dates are set in the SoW
06 / OUT OF SCOPE
Not included unless added in writing
- Turnkey line delivery or overall integrator / machine-manufacturer responsibility
- PLC / HMI, vision, electrical panel design, procurement or fabrication
- Safety sign-off or CE / UKCA marking responsibility
- Guaranteed production throughput
- Fault-finding or repair of drives, power supplies or controller hardware
- Open-ended on-site presence or post-handover support
Anything outside the modules above needs explicit contractual scope, qualified resources and appropriate insurance.
07 / PROOF
Public work this offer is built on
Simulation and offline-programming work already published. Client names and project details stay confidential.
Robotics · concept for a client
Barrel destacking line
Ten robots with conveyors and light curtains, laid out and simulated as a concept.
Robotics · simulation
Machine-tending cell
An ABB robot loading a CNC lathe from bar pallets.
Robotics · safety zoning
SafeMove fixture cell
Safety zoning with ABB SafeMove around a large robot and its fixture racks.
Robotics · offline programming
Robotmaster machining path
An offline machining path on a KUKA robot, programmed in Robotmaster.
All five cells are public: Visual Machinist on Adobe Portfolio, Robot cell design and simulation. Client names and project details stay confidential.
The other tiers: Offer A — Robot Cell Review · Offer B — Robotics Simulation Sprint.
Next step
Share drawings, interfaces, schedule and site constraints → scoping call → bespoke proposal. You get a reply with a recommended next step within two working days. Or browse all three offers.